An Obadiah Slope column Taylor Swift and the totalitarianism of the right: The Other Cheek can’t bear to be the only part of the internet, not to mention Taylor Swift. So Obadiah will oblige, pointing to the deluge of conspiracy… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column The Allied Dead: A temple Obadiah visited by mistake in the Kyoto foothills was the most moving event of three weeks in Japan; we ended up at the Ryozen Kannon Temple, not famous and not ancient… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column “He was a fussy little engine, always pulling coaches about.” Wilbert Awdry, the Rev Wilbert Awdry to you lot, invented Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends and also had wise words comparing the church and… Continue Reading
Salvoes fire a salvo: A lovely story about The Salvation Army (TSA) being faithful to its beliefs, told by commenter Ben White in a debate on The Other Cheek Facebook on religious discrimination laws and what exemptions should remain: “In… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column, a week of reading Loving all people: Obadiah came to know Henri Nouwen, who managed to write about living in faith in a way that spans Catholics, Evangelicals and not a few progressives, through a battered… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column “Good Different” works for churches too: A great example of how Aldi supermarket’s slogan “good different” can be a helpful strategy for churches on the ground comes from the Presbyterian Church in NSW. “Having a couple… Continue Reading
The churches of Maryborough (Queensland version) proclaim, “We are one church.” https://fb.watch/oJoZ4J4EGP/ It is really well done and worth a watch. ### Psalms: Sometimes the headline says it all: the Australian headlined a magazine piece, “Psalms capture humanity – in… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column It makes sense everywhere but here: Obadiah can’t believe this Bible is for sale in Australia. he’s not happy with gendered Bibles which just seem to be a commercial idea anyway. ### A gap in the… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Whatever happened to the eight-hour day: If only it were true: The Melbourne Anglican did a good job reporting their Synod (Church Parliament) endorsing the idea of clergy only working five days. So their report of… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column A tip of the hat to Jeannine Baird ### Babylon, babble on: When Obadiah reported the comments of apologist Max Jeganathan on “Babylon” at this week’s Freedom For Faith conference, it seemed to Obadiah that he… Continue Reading